IF NOT FOR YOU (Olivia Newton-John)
“If Not for You” is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded for his 1970 album New Morning. A well-known cover of the song was recorded by Olivia Newton-John, who had the only U.S. charting version of the song in 1971. (More from Wikipedia)
Several other major artists have launched their careers with Bob Dylan songs, Olivia Newton-John (“If Not for You”), the Turtles (“It Ain’t Me Babe”), and Cher (“All I Really Want to Do”) among them. Cher’s hit version of “All I Really Want to Do” had to compete on the charts with the Byrds’ version of the same song, “All I Really Want to Do”. Additionally, Manfred Mann and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band have salted their albums with mostly obscure Bob Dylan songs since their third release, As Is (1966).
(March 2015)
